Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos: Life is participation and communion with God.

 The life suitable for noetic nature is participation in God. Each thing has its appropriate organ. The appropriate organ for the enjoyment of light is man's eye and not his finger or any other member of the human body. So it is that vision of God takes place through the noetic in man. Therefore life is participation and communion with God. And naturally this participation is knowledge of God at the depth at which the soul is able to contain it. Ignorance of God, of course, means non-participation in God.

+Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, from Life after Death, Section 2 chapter 7

Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid: On life and judgement

 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17

... what have we gained by the Son being given? An immense and unfathomable gift for all who believe in Him: to escape destruction and live eternally. The Old Testament promised length of days in this earthly life to those who pleased God. But the Gospel bestows, not any transitory existence, but life that is unending and beyond time.

There are two comings of Christ: the first has already taken place; the second is still to come. The Lord is speaking of His first coming when He says that the Son was not sent to condemn the world. Had that been the reason for His coming, all mankind would have been condemned, "for all have sinned" (Rom 3:23) as Paul says. He came the first time in order to save the world; only after some refused to believe did He judge those individuals. In contrast, the chief purpose in giving the Mosaic law was to rebuke sin and condemn transgressors (cf Rom 3:20). No one was forgiven under the law; rather, it called for punishment to be applied as soon as the sinner was identified. The Lord's first coming, then, did not have judgement as its objective, though judgement did fall upon those who rejected the Lord's efforts to save them. By their own unbelief they brought condemnation on themselves. But at the second coming, the Lord's explicit purpose is to judge all and render to each according to his deeds.

+Blessed Theophylact of Ochrid, from The Explanation of the Gospel of John.

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos: Preparation for Death

The whole of the Christian life is a preparation for death. Of course, this preparation is not made with anxiety but with joy and optimism, since it is inspired by the grace of God and makes life more human. For he who is prepared for his departure knows how best to face all that happens in life and is the most social man.
+Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, from Life after Death, section 2 chapter 4.